Abstract : HIV/AIDS serves to illuminate how cultural norms and legal precepts facilitate or constrain the protection of the child from HIV infection, and individual and collective impacts from a child rights perspective. Recognition of human rights in the design, implementation, and evaluation of governmental policy can direct the way toward actions which are not only necessary, but also most effective. This article describes the challenges confronting infected, affected and vulnerable children, and the three levels of governmental obligations, which are to respect, protect, and fulfill rights considered when identifying children's specific needs and rights in the context of HIV/AIDS. The article then proposes a method to analyze systematically the confluence between HIV/AIDS and children's rights, creating opportunities for a synergy between those involved in HIV/AIDS prevention, care, and research, and others engaged to the promotion and protection of the rights of the child.
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